INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR CORRUPTION CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF GIVING GIFTS AND OTHER FORMS OF BENEFIT

The accused Joško Cvitanović (1979) is charged with the criminal offense of Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit, referred to in Article 218 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina has issued an Indictment against the following person:

-          Joško Cvitanović, born in 1979 in Split, a citizen of the Republic of Croatia.

The accused is charged that, prior to his arrival in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he had established contact with an official in the customs authorities of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was employed at the Sarajevo International Airport Border Crossing, in order to commit a criminal offense and with an aim of securing a privileged position for himself during the customs procedure when entering Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Having arrived in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, knowing that he was carrying goods subject to customs, the accused offered the authorized customs officer money during the customs control in order to obtain a more favourable customs procedure for himself.

The accused is thus charged with giving a gift in the form of money to an official in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina so that he refrains from performing an act within the scope of his official function that ought to be performed by him, whereby the accused committed the criminal offense of Giving Gifts and Other Forms of Benefit, as referred to in Article 218, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Indictment has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for confirmation.